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When I was a young man, just barely 14 

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Craving adventure and lore 

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I boarded a clipper me dad was a skipper 

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and sailed it along the French shore ya, 

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we sailed all along the French shore 



What beautiful vessels were sailing back then 

Ah, bound for the north Labrador 

It's over that reason they came here that season 

To sail all along the French shore ya 

To sail all along the French shore 



On each ship a maiden was hired to cook 

A beautiful girl to adore so young and cavorting 

All ready for courting while sailing along the French shore ya, 

While sailing along the French shore 



Being too young for courting I soon did decide 

To spy on the lovers on shore I spied on a couple 

So loving and supple, while sailing along the French shore ya, 

While sailing along the French shore 



Their actions peculiar appeared to me then 

but now their not funny no more 

they were huggin and kissin' oh what ive been missin, 

while sailing along the French shore ya, 

while sailing along, sailing along, while sailing along the French shore 



That couple has children now married I know 

You see they're not young anymore 

Yet still they don't know how I witnessed the show 

That they played all along the French shore ya, 

That they played all along the French shore 



And that ends the story of my bonnie days 

Oh, that I could live them once more 

and this much I know I'd produce my own show, 

and I'd stage it along the French shore ya, 

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While sailin along, sailin along, 

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While sailin along, sailing along, 

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While sailin along the French shore



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